Jan sadly died in October 2023.
Jan had written widely across all fields from television to children’s theatre to literary criticism.
A new edition of Wild Wood, Jan Needle’s re-imagining of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows’ was published by Golden Duck.
In 2009 his acclaimed play Wagstaffe the Wind Up Boy was produced at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester.
Jan Needle’s estate is represented by Rochelle Stevens & Co.